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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka national football team
Played 259
Draw % 18.2%
No-draw N 4
Max streak 14 05 Jun 1972 → 12 Sep 1972
Avg top run 8.1 top 10
Draw debt E 0.70
p50 20.0%
p100 16.0%
Draw score 0.242 rank #588 Draws 47
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,366 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,500 reached 24 Mar 1952
Rank #278 of 336 national teams
Matches rated 255 last 5 Oct 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every national team ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 15 Oct 2026.

Recent form · draws highlighted
W D L L L L D D W L L D D L D W L W L W W L D W L L W W L W
Luck or skill how this is worked out ›

Over 259 matches (Mar 1952 – Oct 2026), Sri Lanka drew 47 where the draw model expected 50.0 from those particular fixtures — about 3 fewer, or 0.5 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

A flat league average would have expected 56.5 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. 4 of the matches carry no model probability and are left out. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
1 14 05 Jun 1972 → 12 Sep 1972 2 11 06 Jun 2019 → 19 Jan 2020 3 11 22 Aug 2009 → 20 Feb 2010 4 8 08 Apr 1993 → 07 May 1993 5 7 16 Nov 2024 → 06 Sep 2025 6 7 10 Jun 1996 → 20 Sep 1996 7 6 06 Jun 2008 → 04 Aug 2008 8 6 15 Oct 2003 → 22 Nov 2003 9 6 24 Sep 1999 → 29 Nov 1999 10 5 23 Dec 2015 → 13 Jan 2016
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%
Friendly 77 18 23.4%
FIFA World Cup qualification 42 7 16.7%
SAFF Cup 38 6 15.8%
AFC Asian Cup qualification 35 3 8.6%
AFC Challenge Cup 12 2 16.7%
South Asian Games 12 3 25.0%
AFC Challenge Cup qualification 11 3 27.3%
Merdeka Tournament 5 0 0.0%
Nehru Cup 4 0 0.0%
Mahinda Rajapaksa Cup 4 2 50.0%
AFC Solidarity Cup 3 1 33.3%
Palestine International Championship 3 0 0.0%
FIFA Series 2 1 50.0%
Korea Cup 2 0 0.0%
King's Cup 2 1 50.0%
Indonesia Tournament 2 0 0.0%
South Asian Super Cup 1 0 0.0%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 4 0 0.0% 4
2025 9 1 11.1% 5
2024 10 4 40.0% 3
2023 2 1 50.0% 1
2022 3 0 0.0% 3
2021 10 3 30.0% 4
2020 2 0 0.0% 2
2019 11 1 9.1% 9
2018 4 1 25.0% 2
2016 6 1 16.7% 3
2015 6 0 0.0% 3
2014 7 1 14.3% 5
2013 6 0 0.0% 3
2012 1 0 0.0% 1
2011 10 3 30.0% 3
2010 3 0 0.0% 3
2009 12 2 16.7% 8
2008 10 2 20.0% 6
2007 2 0 0.0% 2
2006 6 2 33.3% 2
2005 3 0 0.0% 3
2004 7 3 42.9% 3
2003 13 2 15.4% 6
2002 9 5 55.6% 3
2001 7 1 14.3% 3
2000 8 3 37.5% 3
1999 8 1 12.5% 6
1998 1 1 100.0% 0
1997 4 0 0.0% 4
1996 9 1 11.1% 7
1995 8 3 37.5% 3
1993 11 0 0.0% 8
1991 2 1 50.0% 1
1989 2 0 0.0% 2
1986 4 1 25.0% 2
1984 4 1 25.0% 3
1983 1 0 0.0% 1
1979 4 1 25.0% 3
1972 14 0 0.0% 14
1971 3 0 0.0% 3
1965 1 0 0.0% 1
1964 3 0 0.0% 3
1955 2 0 0.0% 2
1954 3 1 33.3% 1
1953 2 0 0.0% 2
1952 2 0 0.0% 2
Matches all results ›
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
☆ 05 Oct 2026 Mauritius 1–2 Sri Lanka A ITL · Friendly
☆ 02 Oct 2026 Mauritius 3–0 Sri Lanka H ITL · Friendly
☆ 30 Sep 2026 Seychelles 0–2 Sri Lanka A ITL · Friendly
☆ 27 Sep 2026 Seychelles 0–3 Sri Lanka A ITL · Friendly
☆ 18 Nov 2025 Sri Lanka 0–4 Thailand A ITL · AFC Asian Cup qualification
☆ 14 Oct 2025 Turkmenistan 2–1 Sri Lanka H ITL · AFC Asian Cup qualification
☆ 09 Oct 2025 Sri Lanka 1–0 Turkmenistan H ITL · AFC Asian Cup qualification
☆ 09 Sep 2025 Sri Lanka 1–1 Maldives D ITL · Friendly
☆ 06 Sep 2025 Sri Lanka 0–3 Maldives A ITL · South Asian Super Cup
☆ 10 Jun 2025 Sri Lanka 3–1 Chinese Taipei H ITL · AFC Asian Cup qualification
☆ 05 Jun 2025 Sri Lanka 1–0 Brunei H ITL · Friendly
☆ 25 Mar 2025 Thailand 1–0 Sri Lanka H ITL · AFC Asian Cup qualification
☆ 20 Mar 2025 Laos 1–2 Sri Lanka A ITL · Friendly
☆ 19 Nov 2024 Sri Lanka 0–2 Yemen A ITL · Friendly
☆ 16 Nov 2024 Sri Lanka 1–0 Yemen H ITL · Friendly
☆ 13 Oct 2024 Myanmar 0–0 Sri Lanka D ITL · Friendly
☆ 10 Oct 2024 Myanmar 2–0 Sri Lanka H ITL · Friendly
☆ 10 Sep 2024 Cambodia 2–2 Sri Lanka D ITL · AFC Asian Cup qualification
☆ 05 Sep 2024 Sri Lanka 0–0 Cambodia D ITL · AFC Asian Cup qualification
☆ 11 Jun 2024 Brunei 1–0 Sri Lanka H ITL · Friendly
☆ 08 Jun 2024 Brunei 1–0 Sri Lanka H ITL · Friendly
☆ 25 Mar 2024 Sri Lanka 2–0 Bhutan H ITL · FIFA Series
☆ 22 Mar 2024 Sri Lanka 0–0 Papua New Guinea D ITL · FIFA Series
☆ 17 Oct 2023 Sri Lanka 1–1 Yemen D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 12 Oct 2023 Yemen 3–0 Sri Lanka H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 14 Jun 2022 Maldives 1–0 Sri Lanka H ITL · AFC Asian Cup qualification
☆ 11 Jun 2022 Sri Lanka 0–2 Thailand A ITL · AFC Asian Cup qualification
☆ 08 Jun 2022 Uzbekistan 3–0 Sri Lanka H ITL · AFC Asian Cup qualification
☆ 19 Nov 2021 Sri Lanka 3–3 Seychelles D ITL · Mahinda Rajapaksa Cup
☆ 16 Nov 2021 Sri Lanka 2–1 Bangladesh H ITL · Mahinda Rajapaksa Cup
☆ 13 Nov 2021 Sri Lanka 0–1 Seychelles A ITL · Mahinda Rajapaksa Cup
☆ 09 Nov 2021 Sri Lanka 4–4 Maldives D ITL · Mahinda Rajapaksa Cup
☆ 10 Oct 2021 Maldives 1–0 Sri Lanka H ITL · SAFF Cup
☆ 07 Oct 2021 India 0–0 Sri Lanka D ITL · SAFF Cup
☆ 04 Oct 2021 Sri Lanka 2–3 Nepal A ITL · SAFF Cup
☆ 01 Oct 2021 Sri Lanka 0–1 Bangladesh A ITL · SAFF Cup
☆ 09 Jun 2021 South Korea 5–0 Sri Lanka H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 05 Jun 2021 Lebanon 3–2 Sri Lanka H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 19 Jan 2020 Bangladesh 3–0 Sri Lanka H —
☆ 17 Jan 2020 Palestine 2–0 Sri Lanka H —
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